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Section 62: Rights of patentees of lapsed patents which have been restored.

The Patents Act, 1970Central Act · Act 39 of 1970

(1) Where a patent is restored, the rights of the patentee shall be subject to such provisions as may be prescribed and to such other provisions as the Controller thinks fit to impose for the protection or compensation of persons who may have begun to avail themselves of, or have taken definite steps by contract or otherwise to avail themselves of, the patented invention between the date when the patent ceased to have effect and the date of the [publication] of the application for restoration of the patent under this Chapter.

(2) No suit or other proceeding shall be commenced or prosecuted in respect of an infringement of a patent committed between the date on which the patent ceased to have effect and the [date of publication] of the application for restoration of the patent.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Patents Act, 1970
Section62
Marginal noteRights of patentees of lapsed patents which have been restored.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

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  • substituted. . Subs. by s. 45, ibid., for "advertisement" (w.e.f. 1-1-2005).
  • substituted. . Subs. by s. 45, ibid., for "date of the advertisement" (w.e.f. 1-1-2005).

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